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Revelations from 17-million-year-old ape teeth could lead to new insights on early human evolution

The timing and intensity of the seasons shapes life all around us, including tool use by birds, the evolutionary diversification of giraffes, and the behaviour of our close primate relatives.

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Ancient frogs in mass grave died from too much sex – new research

Frogs once lived alongside dinosaurs. About 45 million years ago, the North Sea covered half of Germany. It’s incredible to think these little creatures survived the dinosaurs’ extinction. But a lower level mass death did take place in what is now called the Geiseltal region in central Germany and the…

The Conversation

Global Warming Triggered Age Of The Dinosaurs

"Major shifts in global temperature can have dramatic and varying impacts on biodiversity."

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Inside Pen Park Hole caves and lake hidden under Bristol suburb

The magnificent - but treacherous - prehistoric chambers were forgotten for more than a century

Bristol Post

Saccorhytus, a creature with a mouth but no anus, is now believed to be an ecdysoszoan and not our oldest ancestor

When the saccorhytus was discovered in 2017 it was believed the spikey, wrinkly sack could be humans' oldest ancestor.

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A Shark That Gulped Prey As Big As Killer Whales

Otodus megalodon is an extinct species of mackerel shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago.

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Scots presenter shocked to discover psychedelic dinosaur head towering over Cullen shops

BBC Scotland presenter Joy Dunlop was greeted by the incredible site on a recent trip to the northeast town.

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Scots castle set to play host to a special dinosaur event with life-size dinos this October

The 'most realistic' dinosaur puppets in the UK are on their way to Brodie Castle.

Daily Record

Botanist fights to save cycads, the 'dinosaur' plants threatened by land clearing and zealous collectors

They pre-date the Jurassic era, come in hundreds of varieties, and Brad Pitt is said to be a fan. But cycads face a growing threat from land clearing and zealous collectors.

ABC News

Underwater crater caused by dino-killer's relative

Collision may have sent a shower of asteroids into the inner solar system

Wales Online

Mystery of dinosaur extinction finally solved - not one, but TWO asteroids hit Earth

An Edinburgh scientist has identified a six mile-wide crater just off the coast of West Africa thought to have been created by a vast rock which hit the Earth about 66 million years ago

Daily Mirror

Tech & Science Daily: Crater of dinosaur-killing asteroid’s ‘friend’ found

A five-mile asteroid crater has been found below the Atlantic Ocean - and it could be related to the event that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Evening Standard

Strange creature with ‘mouth but no anus’ is not earliest human ancestor, study finds

Creature moves by wriggling and has mouth surrounded by spines and holes

The Independent UK

Passionate Collector Devises His Own Dinosaur Museum

A 23-year-old prehistoric expert with a passion for collecting fossils has created his own natural history museum stuffed with dinosaurs in his home city.

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‘Angry minion’ with no anus not related to humans after all, scientists conclude

New research rules out theory that 535m-year-old Saccorhytus coronarius fossil is our earliest known ancestor

The Conversation

Mystery crater potentially caused by relative of dinosaur-killing asteroid

The ocean floor is famously less explored than the surface of Mars. And when our team of scientists recently mapped the seabed, and ancient sediments beneath, we discovered what looks like an asteroid impact crater.

Inverse

New evidence shows more than one asteroid could have killed the dinosaurs

Newly-discovered crater suggests the Chicxulub impact may have been part of an encounter with an asteroid cluster.

The Independent UK

Ancient creature with no anus is not earliest human ancestor, research suggests

Saccorhytus , a spikey, wrinkly sack, with a large mouth surrounded by spines and holes, is part of a different family tree.

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The Trials review – tomorrow’s children hold us to account for climate crimes

In a near-future world on fire, a jury of 12 young people listen to testimony from the ‘dinosaur’ generation

Glasgow Live

GlasGLOW dates announced as 'epic dinosaur adventure' comes to Glasgow's Botanic Gardens

GlasGLOW is back this autumn, with 'an epic dinosaur adventure into The Land That Time Forgot'. Here's everything you need know including prices and when you can get tickets.

Daily Record

GlasGLOW announces 2022 show for dinosaur lovers this Halloween

The sell-out Glasgow light show is coming back with an adventurous theme for its fifth year.

Salon

Meet a dog-size, armored dinosaur

The bizarre Jakapil kaniukura resembled an armored pitbull trotting on its hind legs

The Guardian - UK

‘The whole embryo was there’: expert makes rare find on Sheffield museum opening day

Dean Lomax identifies probably oldest known vertebrate embryo from UK at Yorkshire Natural History Museum

The Conversation

Why do animals have tails?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

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Prehistoric Bronze Age Daggers Were Not Used As Weapons, Research Finds

Newcastle University scientists in northern England developed a new technique to study organic material on the blades.

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